|
November 25, 2023, 6:35 AM
|
Mediagazer
memeorandum
WeSmirchTop News
| New York Times: |
Internal docs: X may lose ~$75M in ad revenue by 2023 end as Amazon, Microsoft, and other major brands halted or consider halting ads; X says it may lose $11M — Internal documents show companies like Airbnb, Coca-Cola and Microsoft have halted ads, or may do so, after Elon Musk's endorsement of an antisemitic conspiracy theory.
More: Engadget, CoinGape, Reuters, Cryptopolitan, and The Information
Threads: @drewharwell, @karaswisher, @tobybartlett, @profgalloway, and @datadrivenmd
X: @rmac18, @karaswisher, @chronotope, @zackbornstein, @profcarroll, @karaswisher, @blowryontv, @mcuban, @jason_kint, @rmac18, @nash076, @justingallivan, and @karaswisher
Forums: r/TheLib and r/EnoughMuskSpam
| Benedict Evans / Financial Times: |
AI development will likely move faster and be more dispersed and less controlled after a failed coup at OpenAI, accelerating what the coup was trying to prevent — Failed coups, as seen at OpenAI, often accelerate the thing that they were trying to prevent — Over the past week, OpenAI's board went through four CEOs in five days.
More: Gizmodo, Business Today, and Cryptopolitan
| Wall Street Journal: |
Satya Nadella and Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott were instrumental to reinstating Sam Altman atop OpenAI, which a source says was the ideal outcome for Microsoft — Microsoft Chief Executive Satya Nadella made a huge bet on the world's hottest AI company. After it nearly blew up on him … | Reuters: |
Sources: Nvidia told Chinese customers it's delaying the launch of H20, the most powerful of three AI chips it designed to comply with US rules, until Q1 2024 — Nvidia (NVDA.O) has told customers in China it is delaying the launch of a new artificial intelligence chip it designed to comply …
More: Wccftech, MarketWatch, TechSpot, Coinspeaker, Investor's Business Daily, Tom's Hardware, Network World, Cryptopolitan, KNSD-TV, Neowin, CNBC, CoinGape, and ChinaTechNews.com
X: @byjoshye, @id_aa_carmack, @beth_kindig, @beth_kindig, and @cfromhertz
Forums: r/news, r/AMD_Stock, r/wallstreetbets, and Slashdot
| Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware: |
China's Sunway unveils new CPUs with a maximum FP64 throughput of 13.8 TFLOPS, which could let China build high-performance supercomputers despite US sanctions — China continues to advance supercomputing technologies despite U.S. sanctions. — Earlier this year, the National Supercomputing Center … | Tom Warren / The Verge: |
After users complained about seeing a fullscreen pop-up ad in Assassin's Creed Odyssey on both Xbox and PlayStation, Ubisoft blames a “technical error” — Ubisoft is blaming an unspecified “technical error” for a fullscreen pop-up ad that appeared in Assassin's Creed Odyssey this week.
More: Eurogamer.net, Android Authority, IGN, iPhone in Canada Blog, MobileSyrup, Kotaku, GamesIndustry.biz, Neowin, 9to5Google, Gameranx, Push Square, TechSpot, Dot Esports, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, TrueAchievements, Game World Observer, Pure Xbox, GamingBolt, Gamereactor UK, Ghacks, and Video Games Chronicle
Mastodon: @DominikDammer@mastodon …. X: @assassinscreed, @paultassi, @tomwarren, @tomwarren, @puredeadgaming, @datnofact, and @levie
Forums: Hacker News, r/xboxone, r/gamernews, r/technology, and r/XboxSeriesX
| Forbes: |
An investigation identifies four secret bitcoin mining facilities in Bhutan, built using $220M in chips imported from China between 2021 and 2022 — Dozens of shipping containers lie hidden behind a hillside south of Thimphu, the Himalayan capital of Bhutan, one of the world's most isolated nations.
More: Coinmonks, CryptoSlate, CoinGeek, Cryptonews, and Bitcoin Insider
| Michael Roddan / The Information: |
FOIA docs: Prashant Bhardwaj, hired in March as the US OCC's first officer to police fintech firms, lied about his work history; OCC quietly replaced Bhardwaj — In March, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency—the powerful federal banking regulator—tapped Prashant Kumar Bhardwaj …
More: Fintech Business Weekly and Finextra
X: @pitdesi, @iankar_, @chloez_chloez, @michaelroddan, and @natebecker
| Mark Tyson / Tom's Hardware: |
Analysis: Nvidia was the world's biggest chip company by revenue in Q3, with revenue of $18.12B, vs. TSMC's $17.28B, Intel's $14.16B, and Samsung's $12.52B — The green team has made incredible gains in 2023. — Nvidia has swung from fourth to first place in an assessment of chip industry revenue published today.| Stuart Dredge / Music Ally: |
TikTok-funded report: TikTok users are much likelier to pay for a music streamer than the average consumer and spend more on concerts than the average listener — - Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) — TikTok has commissioned research firm Luminate for a new report analysing its impact on music.| Bhavya Dilipkumar / Moneycontrol: |
Bengaluru-based Scapia, which offers a co-branded credit card and an app to turn daily expenses into travel rewards, raised a $23M Series A — The company will use the funds to add more financial services to the platform, including personal loans and insurance, and also hire more talent in product and tech development areas| Yashraj Sharma / Wired: |
Ahead of elections in India in December and 2024, political parties are courting social media influencers to reach rural voters while dodging media interviews — Major political parties in India are courting social media influencers to reach rural voters, paying for reach and dodging tough questions.
More: Dexerto, Business Today, Cryptopolitan, BGR, Financial Times, ReHack, and B2B Marketing Blog
X: @wired and @yashjournals
Sponsor Posts
Google:
Gemini 2.5 Pro: Our most intelligent AI model — Gemini 2.5 Pro (experimental) is now available, with thinking capabilities, enhanced performance, and improved accuracy. Try it at no cost in the Gemini app.
Gemini 2.5 Pro: Our most intelligent AI model — Gemini 2.5 Pro (experimental) is now available, with thinking capabilities, enhanced performance, and improved accuracy. Try it at no cost in the Gemini app.
UiPath:
Introducing the UiPath Platform™ for agentic automation — UiPath's new platform empowers enterprises to experience the full power of AI to transform industries
Introducing the UiPath Platform™ for agentic automation — UiPath's new platform empowers enterprises to experience the full power of AI to transform industries
Zoho:
In-depth bounce reports now in ZeptoMail — The ultimate aim of any email sender is to deliver emails to the right recipient's inbox—but even when taking measures to ensure successful delivery, bounces still occur.
In-depth bounce reports now in ZeptoMail — The ultimate aim of any email sender is to deliver emails to the right recipient's inbox—but even when taking measures to ensure successful delivery, bounces still occur.
IDrive:
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.Featured Podcasts
The Talk Show With John Gruber:
'The Ratchet of Flippancy', With Craig Mod
The director's commentary track for Daring Fireball. Long digressions on Apple, technology, design, movies, and more.
Subscribe to The Talk Show With John Gruber.
Techmeme Ride Home:
ChatGPT Just Wants To Please
The day's tech news, every day at 5pm ET. Fifteen minutes and you're up to date.
Subscribe to Techmeme Ride Home.
Azeem Azhar's Exponential View:
The difference between early and late AI adopters
Azeem Azhar explores how AI and exponential technologies are shaping our future.
Subscribe to Azeem Azhar's Exponential View.
Channels with Peter Kafka:
Tariffs, Trump, TikTok: What's going to happen to ads in 2025?
Media and tech aren't just intersecting - they're fully intertwined. To understand how those worlds work, Peter Kafka talks to industry leaders, upstarts and observers.
Subscribe to Channels with Peter Kafka.
Spotlight On:
*S3 Feature* Transcend's Kate Parker on putting data back into the hands of users in an AI-driven world
A podcast from Accel about how companies are built, from the people doing the building.
Subscribe to Spotlight On.
Invest Like the Best:
Cliff Sosin - Investing in Carvana
The leading destination to learn about business and investing. We do this by showcasing exceptional talent and ideas.
Subscribe to Invest Like the Best.
About This Page
This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 6:35 AM ET, November 25, 2023.
The most current version of the site as always is available at our home page. To view an earlier snapshot click here and then modify the date indicated.
From Mediagazer
Axios:David Bauder / Associated Press:
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Upcoming Tech Events
More News
| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
| Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: |
| Bloomberg: |
More: Reuters, CNN, Forbes, The Information, MacDailyNews, The Verge, 9to5Mac, Benzinga, Taiwan News, Business Insider, Tech in Asia, and Fortune
Earlier Picks
| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
More: Security Affairs, ITPro, DataBreaches.net, Business Wire, TechCrunch, Silicon Republic, HIPAA, TechRadar, and Ghacks
| Lee Yeon-Woo / The Korea Times: |
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
More: Mashable, Forbes, MobileSyrup, Thurrott, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechRadar, ReadWrite, KnowTechie, Android Authority, Android Headlines, and NewsBytes
X: @abhishekmarkets, @neok182, and @max_born_frs
| Bloomberg: |
More: Engadget, BBC, The Verge, TechStartups, Fortune, Ghacks, Silicon Republic, United States District Court, Northern District of California, guru3d.com, The Economic Times, KitGuru, and TweakTown
Threads: @carnage4life. X: @evanpdrury, @psuitenetwork, @craigchamberlin, @unusual_whales, and @joetidy